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The word 'ups'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
upsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus22.47339
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 6
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 3
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 4
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 50.4 38 9
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of ups in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
We'll catch up wi the ups and doons in Coronation Stree on page 33
The grown-ups did the 'Grand March' and the on page 74

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
essed in queer claes. The get-ups ye saa on young folk! He supp
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
er wis. Life gyings on wi its ups an doons, an dis year is nae on page 1

1 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
tch dis! High knees? Triple - ups? Watch an weep! Ah'm faster,
1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
@SamMGreer Aabody has dir ups and doons Sam - most hide di (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Nae ups an nae doons - the years wor on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Sunday eens, war aa flat lace-ups, waldies an baffies, bit nivv on page 66

1 matches

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
An’ the grown-ups got bletherin’ wi’ cuppie
1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
Growne-ups deed,
1 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
Fairmin' his seen mony ups an' doon Bit maybee niver war on page 29

1 matches

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
ter fraud and nae angry punch-ups at the results. Though, in fa
1 matches

General Northern

Philip, George Tales Fae The Doric Side - Winter, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
An waatch growen-ups wi tichtened braith an limb on page 80

1 matches

Wheeler, Leslie Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, weans
Life's Little Ups and Doons on page 25

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
press ups, you name it. Pitsliga fitba
1 matches

Wilkie, Dave , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
tears an laughter, times the ups an doon,
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@beast_afc tweeted
31st for oor semi. Nay footie ups oor those dykes.(2020)

@Franwella tweeted
thing, jist like a oor ither ups n doons! x(2012)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
eekit core o foongers an come-ups; on page 40

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
aur uise it hissel tae growed-ups.
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
lives oan fish suppers n fry ups n sirloin steaks - am actual (2021) twitter link
hats no bad as my diet is fry ups/ sirloin stakes/fish suppers (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
he black troosers wi the turn-ups an the sparkly belt ma ma bou on page 35

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
's taen tent o aw the stours, ups-an-douns and ins-an-oots o th on page 7

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
hit the jackpot, there; sign-ups for the new kintrae went thro
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
mair bob aboot 'um. Rese roll-ups ur aboot hauf ri price ri wye
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
thirs been ups an doons on page 12

1 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
Ilka day when he did his chin-ups fae his liefest tree, he felt
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
wards solid. Been dain ma sit-ups n press-ups every mornin n ni on page 9

2 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Thare's haud ups, diversions an flakes on page 8

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
coffee an fill up oan the fry ups provided free fir musicians, on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
rowen-up aince wis. Aw growen-ups were bairns aforesyne (thou g on page 7
my maisterwark tae the growen-ups, an speired gif they were fle on page 9
a constrictor, sae the growen-ups coud see it clear. They ay ne on page 10
er, dingit doun by the growen-ups whan I wis sax year auld, an on page 12
o whit he wis wearin. Growen-ups are like that. on page 19
Also on pages 20, 21, 29, 42, 44, 45, 49, 58, 59
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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
wis wan ither thing the grown-ups kent as weel, it wis this: th on page 33
k o it. There were nine grown-ups and five bairns, fowerteen in on page 71
r. Five bairns and nine grown-ups elbaed their wey in - and oc on page 73
er wi the five remainin grown-ups, follaed efter him. on page 117
d there were jist three grown-ups, Mr and Mrs Teeveeheid and Gr on page 135

6 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
row, we wouldna ever be grown-ups.' on page 4

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
bairns wirnae used tae grown-ups bein nice tae them, and they on page 43
like things that anely grown-ups ever had. For aw that she wis on page 72
e hauf the size o maist grown-ups," Klaus said. "Will thon no l on page 76

3 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ns shoudna be left tae growen-ups acause thay mak it dreich. Dr
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
back ower this unco year. The ups, the doons, the things thatâ€
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
0 Thank you Amanda... Had oor ups and doons like aw' the rest o (2023) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
to join/connect re your meet ups fir a while, but never had an(2016)

@OliphantWullie tweeted
er to leave that to the grown ups at Westminster. (2022) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
n atween them daein yer press ups. Yel fun this is easier than (2020)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
spite o onie ups an douns thit micht hev gain
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
an oot o line-ups, scrums an life itsel. on page 22
Tie ups, Trident, Bedroom Tax on page 77

2 matches

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